Increased rate of subacute lead complications with small-caliber implantable cardioverter-defibrillator leads

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 619-624

  Ellis, Christopher R ^a   Rottman, Jeffrey N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac perforation; Defibrillator; Lead dislodgement; Lead revision; Right ventricular ICD lead

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEFIBRILLATOR; HEART INJURY; HEART PACING; HEART PERFORATION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; PERFORATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 64649099576     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2009.02.020     Document Type: Article

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